𐔰𐕙𐔰𐔱𐔼𐔺𐔰

Aghwan

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἀραβία (Arabía).

Proper noun

𐔰𐕙𐔰𐔱𐔼𐔺𐔰 (arabiya)

  1. Arabia (a peninsula of Western Asia between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf; includes Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, and the United Arab Emirates)
  2. (broader sense) Arabia (the region of Western Asia within or adjacent to the Arabian Plate; Yemen, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, the Egyptian Sinai, Palestine and the United Arab Emirates)

Further reading

  • Gippert J., Schulze W., Aleksidze Z., Mahé J.-P., editors (2009), The Caucasian Albanian Palimpsests of Mount Sinai (Monumenta Palaeographica Medii Aevi: Series Ibero-Caucasica; 2), volume I, Turnhout: Brepols, →ISBN, page IV-2
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